Mop holder



H. B. TARBOX MOP HOLDER Filed Deo. 4, 193e ll- EN Wb Patented Dec. 28, 1937 r ortica Mor HOLDER l' VHughB.l'larbox, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaA Applicatien December 4, 1936, serial Nc. 114,094

In Canada December 14, 1935 1 cient. l (Cl. 1ra-e153) This invention nvrelates to mop holders, and the object of`my invention is to devise-a mopholder which is strong in constructionand which may be'quickly manipulatedv forthe insertion and re- Means have heretofore been devised for quickly releasing mops'from mop holders, but these haveY been objectionable becauseV they have been awkward to operate or complicated and vexpensive l`` to make, or the provision of such quick Vreleasing to advance a mop clamping member and reduced in diameter or free of threads at its inner end whereby the nut may slide freely thereon to permit the clamping member to be rapidly advanced or withdrawn to clamp or release the mop.

The invention is hereinafter more specificallyV described and is illustrated in the annexed drawing in which 1 g Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the mop holder showing in dotted lines the clamping member in its l withdrawn or open position,

Fig. 2 a cross section of the mop holder on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1, and l Fig. 3 is a cross section through the handle showing the ferrule in plan View, part of the mop holder being broken away.

In the drawing likenumerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different iigures.v

A bail I comprising a cross piece Ia and arms Ib and Ic is secured to a stick or handle by a ferrule 3 comprising two plates 3a and 3b provided with registering grooves forming a socket 4 for the handle 2, a socket 5 for receiving' a stud 6, andV channels 'i1 and 111 for receiving the ends of the arms Ib and Ic respectively. The plates 3a and 3b are secured or clamped together by rivets 8. A pin 9 passes through the ferrule 3 and the stick 2 to hold the said stick in position.

The arms Ib and Ic of the bail I converge to the point where they enter the channels 11 and 111 in the ferrule 3 and from that point they continueV to converge to a point" adjacent the socket 4 and then run substantially parallel to said socketV 4 and are flared outwardly at their ends, the general shape of the arms Ib and Ic within the ferrule beingY substantially U shaped inside elevation.V

"on the reduced portion thereof.

The channels 'I1 and 'lll extend from front to back of the ferrule on either side of the socket d and are of correspondingshape to receive the arms Ib and Ic and hold them firmly between the plates 3a and 3b of vthe' ferrule, not only preventingV the 5 bail from twisting or pulling out of the channels, but also Vreinforcing and strengthening the arms of the said bail. The fact that the arms ib and lc of the bail extend for the greater part of their length on elthersideof the socket 4 and the end- 1D of the stick or handle 2 adds greatly to the strength and rigidity ofthe mopholder.

The socket is oi such size that the end of the stick 2 need be but slightly reduced in size to be received therein and is connected with the socket 1b 5 which is concentric therewith and of smaller diameter.

The end of the stick 2 is provided with a recess I!) into which the end of the stud 6 may be forced. Prongs or tangs I I on the end of the stud 6 pierce 20 the wood or other material of which the stick or handle 2 is constructed.

The stud 6 is threaded at its outer end but for a portion of its length between the threaded end and the point where the stud enters the 25 socket 5 is reduced in diameter or stripped of threading. Awing nut I2 is adapted to be screwed .on the threadedend of the stud and slide freely Although the stud is described as threaded at its outer end and 30 reduced or stripped of threads between the Y threaded part and the ferrule it will be understood that the essential feature of the stud is Vthat the nut I2 may be screwed on the outer end and may slidefreely on the inner end, and the exact con- 35 struction or process whereby this result is obtained is not material, e. g. instead of reducing or stripping the inner portion of the studV the outer portion may be built up and threaded.

Slidably mounted on the bail I is a mop clamp- 40 ing member I 3, preferably composed of two cross bars I3a and I3b. The bar I3a is provided with holes and the bar Itb is provided with longitudinally centrally located slots at each end through which the arms of the bail pass. The bars 13a 45 and ISD are connected by a transverse member |30. The stud 6 extends through a hole or aperture in the cross bar ISb'and the wing nutV I2 is adapted to engage the said cross bar so that when the nut I2 is moved outwardly or advanced, e. g. 50 by screwing it toward the outer end of the stud 6, it moves the clamping member I3 outwardlyV towards the cross member Ia of thebail. When the nut I2 is screwed in the opposite direction the vclamping member I2 is released and may-be drawn 55 away from the cross bar la. When the nut I2 vreaches what may be called for convenience the :reduced portion of the stud 6 it drops or may be pushed inwardly toward the mop stick or handle until it comes into engagement with the ferrule 3. This leaves the clamping member perfectly free and it drops or may be readily pushed in a direction away from the cross piece Ia of the bail.

Mops are ordinarily made of a number of strands of material connected centrally and free at the ends or they may be merely pieces of cloth that are clamped centrally in the mop holder. In either case, to get the mop in the holder requires that the clamping member must be withdrawn a considerable distance from the bail to leave ample space for passing the loose ends therebetween. However, once the mop is in position the clamping member must be moved a considerable distance before it actually begins to clamp the mop against the cross bar of the bail.

Heretofore in mop holders of this type, in order to remove a mop it has been necessary to screw the nut down the stud practically its whole length and to secure a mop in the holder it has been necessary to screw the nut up the whole length of the stud until the mop is rmly held between the bail and clamping member. By my improved construction, in removing the mop I5, the mop holder is held with the bail up. The nut I2 is screwed down the threaded portion ofthe stud to the reduced portion and slide down the reduced portion until it is stopped by engagement with the ferrule 3. The clamping member I3 drops with the nut or may be readily pushed down, thus quickly and eiectively releasing the mop. To insert a mop, the mop is placed in position between the clamping member I3 and the bail. Preferably the mop holder is held with its head down so that the mop hangs over the bail. The clamping member then falls or may be pushed outwardly until the mop is lightly engaged between said clamping member and the bail. The nut IZ drops or may be slid over the reduced portion of the stud 6 and then screwed on the threaded portion until it engages the clamping member and forces it outwardly to iirmly lo clamp and hold the mop against the bail.

It will be readily seen that by constructing the stud so that the nut slides over a portion thereof a great saving in time and work is effected in inserting and removing mops, and that this object has been achieved without sacricing the strength and eiectiveness of the mop holder, which has in fact been increased by the novel method of securing the bail and the stud to the stick or handle.

What I claim as my invention is:

A mop holder including a stick; a bail secured to the stick; a mop clamping member slidable on the bail; a stud secured to the stick, said stud being threaded adjacent its outer end and having a diametrically reduced portion between said threaded portion and the stick; and a nut adapted to be screwed on the threaded end portion of the stud and to slide freely on the reduced portion of the stud between said threaded end portion and the stick, said stud being so positioned relative to the slidable clamping member that the nut may engage said clamping member to advance it to clamp a mop between the said clamping mem ber and the bail.

HUGH B. TARBOX. 

